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Ripples of Humanity

Rachael Thompson

Welcome to Ripples of Humanity, where interesting stories are shared by people committed to creating positive ripples throughout our world family to bring some light and insight to your day.

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E11 - Life as a Buddhist Monk in Sri Lanka

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2024/11/30

This episode, I take you to Sammajeewa Buddhist Temple in Minuwangoda, a town in Sri Lanka's West. During my travels in Sri Lanka, I thought it would be interesting to spend a couple of weeks at a Buddhist temple to learn more about the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk, learn more about Buddhist philosophy, and observe how this is practiced in a temple. Here, I met Bhante Subodhi, a lovely monk who started the temple in Minuwangoda. I hope you enjoy this short interview with Bhante Subodhi, who shares

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E10 - Destiny Reflection: Disrupting Cycles of Human...

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2024/11/03

This episode I take you to Kolkata the capital city of West Bengal, a state in the east of India. Although Kolkata is known as the 'city of joy', it is also known as having one of the largest red-light districts in Asia and is one of India's largest human trafficking hubs.Today I will be speaking to Smarita Sengupta, the founder of the NGO Destiny Reflection which began in 2007. Destiny aims to disrupt the cycles of sexual exploitation and human trafficking in Kolkata. Destiny and Smarita have won

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E9 - The Rising with Kindness Conference: Akshay & Anant

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2024/10/24

This episode we go back to the South of India, to Kanha Shanti Vanam, the world headquarters of the Heartfulness Institute.During my stay at Kanha it coincided with the youth Rising with Kindness Conference. For three days there were around 5,000 youth between the age of 18-35 at Kanha. I will be sharing conversations with two lovely men. Firstly Akshay, a 20 year old man sharing his experience of the conference. Secondly, my good friend Anant sharing his experience volunteering at the conference

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E8 - Sadhana Forest with Luke Marsh

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2024/10/15

In this episode, I am taking you to Sadhana Forest, on the outskirts of Auroville in the State of Tamil Nadu in south India.Sadhana Forest has a community of volunteers who live completely off-grid, demonstrating an alternative way of living. 20 years ago Sadhana Forest was arid land, and over the years volunteers have successfully reforested 70 acres of land with indigenous Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest. Sadhana Forest has since spread its work within India and internationally with ecological

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E7 - Heartfulness Yoga with Dr. Veronique Nicolai

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2024/10/13

In this episode, I am again taking you to the South of India, to Kanha Shanti Vanam (or Kanha for short), the world headquarters of the Heartfulness Institute.I was lucky to have a brief chance to speak with Dr. Veronique Nicolai, also known as Dolly. Dolly is a paediatrician originally from France who started practising Heartfulness meditation over 30 years ago to manage the stressors in her early days as a medical student. Dolly's journey led her to teach yoga and to be the Director of the

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E6 - Heartfulness Meditation with Dr. Elizabeth Denley

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2024/09/30

This episode I am taking you to the South of India to a place called Kanha Shanti Vanam (or 'Kanha' for short) in the state of Telangana.Kanha is the international headquarters of the Heartfulness Institute, and has the world's largest meditation centre. Millions of people around the world practice Heartfulness meditation and today I will be diving deeper into the heart of what Heartfulness is with Australian Dr. Elizabeth Denley. Within the Heartfulness institute, Elizabeth is a trainer, writer,

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E5 - Dog and Cat Shelter Volunteers in Sri Lanka

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2024/09/11

This episode I am taking you back to the beachside surf town in Weligama on the South West coast of Sri Lanka and back to Conny's dog and cat shelter where she hosts Workaway Volunteers. This time I am chatting with a couple of the current volunteers, Courtney from England and Neomi from Switzerland, they will share a bit of insight into their Workaway volunteer experiences here. If you would like to hear more about Conny's journey running non-profit animal shelters in Sumatra and Sri Lanka then

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E4 - Dog and Cat Shelters in Sumatra and Sri Lanka...

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2024/09/11

In this episode, I take you to the beachside surf town in Weligama on the South West coast of Sri Lanka where I met Conny who runs non-profit dog and cat shelters. She has one shelter based on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra and another in Trincomalee on the East coast of Sri Lanka. She stays in Weligama where she runs a smaller home-based shelter currently housing 19 cats and 7 dogs. If you want more information about the Workaway volunteering concept and platform, check out episode 3 of the

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11:44

Workaway Volunteering

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2024/09/07

In the third episode of the Ripples of Humanity podcast, I go solo and share information about the Workaway volunteering platform and my experiences with Workaway volunteering.Workaway is a community of global travellers who want to see the world whilst contributing and giving back to the places they visit.The platform enables over 50,000 hosts in over 170 countries to offer volunteering opportunities usually in exchange for accommodation and food to be linked with travellers!Workaway website and

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E2 - Talking Vipassana meditation and volunteering...

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2024/09/02

In this episode I am taking you to the area of Dharamkot in Dharamshala around the Himalayas in the north of India. It was here in June 2024 that I met Richa while I was doing a 10-day Vipassana meditation course. Richa was volunteering her time and energy as a server during the course.This is not Richa's first time volunteering, and I quickly discovered the passion, peace and wisdom Richa holds from her path in practicing Vipassana meditation and volunteering in the courses with such love and

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E1 - Samta Tillu with Devyani Pushpa: empowering...

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2024/08/30

This episode takes you to the mountains in the north of India in the western Himalayas, where there is a rural village called Tillu. It is here the non-government organisation Samta Tillu was born.Devyani is an Indian woman who came to Tillu about 5 years ago while working and studying in the social sector. She quickly realised there were extremely unequal educational opportunities for students in the village.This inspired her to start supporting students who were interested in not only academic

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1:34

Welcome to Ripples of Humanity

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2024/08/29

Hello! I am Rachael Thompson and this is Ripples of HumanityI have started this podcast project to share stories of local people I meet who are committed to spreading light and creating positive ripples in their corner of the world.As I record this intro in August 2024 I am on a 6 month trip in India. Everywhere I travel I find myself drawn to people and projects that aim to create positive change.I am fascinated by their journey and hope this podcast can be an avenue for people to hear about their

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